Test 11 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

Dude, what's the Caliph gonna do if Selim can't read the thing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dude, Selim · What happens: be, do, not read · To what, where: Caliph, thing

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Caliph	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 Caliph	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Caliph	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Caliph	det
6	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Dude	nmod
7	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	6 Caliph	dep
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 read	mark
10	Selim	selim	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 read	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 read	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 read	advmod
13	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 do	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 thing	det
15	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 read	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Dude	the Caliph	tree rules
2	do	present	Dude		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not read a condition, not said to happen	can	Selim	the thing	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Give him strokes on his cheeks and feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 strokes	nsubj
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	strokes	stroke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 cheeks	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cheeks	nmod:poss
6	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 strokes	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 feet	cc
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cheeks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	infinitive			him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	stroke	present						on his cheeks and feet	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent on cheek=Theme

Option 2

Have him beaten with a rod in the yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Have	obj
3	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Have	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 rod	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rod	det
6	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beaten	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 yard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 yard	det
9	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rod	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	imperative	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
2	beat	participle	him = he not said here					with a rod in the yard	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with rod=Theme

Option 3

Send him away with no pay for a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Send	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Send	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 pay	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 pay	det
6	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 year	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	imperative	you not said here	him = he			year	with no pay; away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

Throw him out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 Throw	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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